Nature of Fish Growth Hormones

ISBN: 9781984602695 出版年：2018 页码：392 Sekar Megarajan Prerna Pandey Bibliotex

Growth rates of many species used in fish farms are naturally slow, but are currently being enhanced by traditional methods of domestication and selection. Growth and feed-conversion efficiency can also be increased by creating transgenic fish that incorporate a gene to encode growth hormone. Fish PRL and GH receptors (PRLR, GHR) are characterized in several fish species. This book focuses on the application of a synthetic growth hormone-releasing peptide, suggesting that the peptide, as well as the hormone itself, can stimulate growth. It also highlights the research work to find a peptide that will protect farm-raised rainbow trout and other seafood from disease, which often plagues aquaculture operations.